Kirksville man sentenced for encouraging fatal shooting

Published September 7, 2021 4:26 PM

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A Kirksville man who encouraged another man to fatally shoot a teenager has been sentenced to 27 years in prison. Twenty-year-old Andrew Head was sentenced Tuesday for second-degree murder and armed criminal action. Head was convicted in June in the February 2019 death of 17-year-old Izaiha McFarland. Prosecutors said Head persuaded Drake Zanoni to shoot McFarland. Zanoni is awaiting trial on second-degree murder and armed criminal action charges.

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